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Banking Services Corporation401(k)

BSC 401(K) PLAN · BELCAMP, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.80%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Banking Services Corporation reported $25,513 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.80% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $78 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.20% to 0.80%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,399th of 1,671), and 4,560th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $23.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 347 to 393 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,487,549
Participants with balances365
Active participants393
Employer contributions$30,603
Employee contributions$733,806
Employer contribution per active participant$78
Average account balance$9,555
Benefits paid to participants$475,434
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.5M · 365 accts · $31K emplr
2023$2.9M · 328 accts · $28K emplr
2022$2.6M · 281 accts · $25K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,452
Investment management$9,061
Total administrative$25,513
The Banking Services Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$78
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$78 per active participant
2023$75 per active participant
2022$73 per active participant

Banking Services Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$16,475
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, F & S INC. · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$9,038

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$25,513 · 0.80%
2023$18,888 · 0.68%
2022$5,298 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521221931 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.